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We can't answer. >> the pressure is low at the well, does that indicate it's coming out at some other point in the well and if so, what are the theories are it's escape something. >> that's exactly what we're going to try and determine from the pressure. one could make the case that there is something -- there's some structural integrity issues with the casing and well bore itself. i don't think we really know that until we take the pressure readings and try and see where that information takes us. it is unknown what happened to that well bore at the time of the explosion, the events that imme...

It, but they could end the mess for a short term? >> yes. >> yes. >> thank you. this is good news. this is the only good news we've had in 80 plus days. i'm a little happy here. >> you should be down here. there's been no good news here. >> anne, great to see you. thanks for coming in on "hardball." bab cavnar is an executive with the oil industry. just confirms. it seems optimistically they'll either cap it off with this new technology they've applied today, or they'll be able to divert it up to the ships and not spew any more oil into the gulf. is that the way you read it? >> that's exactly ...

They're going to be looking for. they're hoping the 27th is actually the 25th or the 24th so they can pop champagne on the 27th, this is a pr move. >> that is simply, i just think cynical beyond belief. because if -- >> yeah it's incredibly skin cal, but it's cynical based on evidence. >> no, that it's more than cynical, it's stupid of the company. because if they've learned nothing the failure of top hat and of top kill, if they've learned nothing from the inability to stop this leak so far. that you take the worst possible prognosis, not the best possible. >> i was saying cynical based on me...

79 days. they've tried a giant containment box, top kill, top hat. they've been planning all week to hook up a third tanker to siphon off more oil. but choppy seas is stopping that from happening as well. the only real hope of a long-term solution relies on drilling relief wells and killing it. as a neuro surgeon, it's annoying when someone says it isn't brain surgery, but it's close. tom foreman is here with the details. tom? >> thanks, sanjay. drilling down. look at this as we dive down here and contemplate what we're talking about. you're going through all of this, all in the hopes of hitti...

Had to remove the cap that had been containing some of the spewing oil. now it's rushing full force into the gulf. john hofmeister is the former ceo of shell and the author of "why we hate the oil companies." reason for that. i've asked you to come on for a reason, obviously thinking with inside the box and trusting bp to come up with the next attempt has not succeeded. in fact, it's gotten worse from the day we've been in there. we tried junk shot. we tried, oh, cut and cap. we tried everything here. i forgot what, did we drop? >> top kill. >> we've tried everything. is there something we wou...